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From: bev@hlexa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Bicycles
Message-ID: <210@hlexa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Oct-83 20:01:18 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  4 20:01:18 1983
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Don't expect bikes to follow the same rules as cars.  Bikes have a completely
different set of acceleration/braking capabilities.  Its very easy for
a bicyclist to check the oncoming traffic on a cross street by
slowing up, and proceed if nothing is coming even if there is a 
red light.  Since there aren't enough bicyclists (or they don't have
a comparable financial force like the auto industry looking out
for them/us) to warrant building a separate system, cars and
pedestrians have no choice but to live with the chaos another
set of moving contraptions creates.  I as a bicyclist will continue
to ride by bike type rules and I as a driver will continue to 
try and be cautious around anything smaller than me.